We all have a poor night’s sleep from time to time: those nights when you lie awake for hours trying desperately to go to sleep but can’t stop worrying about tomorrow. Or when you repeatedly wake up throughout…

The best way to keep your hand off the snooze button is to have a regular sleep schedule every day of the week.
Bethan/Flickr6 janvier 2015

Throughout our lives we experience changes in sleep patterns and in the amount of sleep we need. While babies sleep between 16 and 18 hours per day, this is reduced to approximately seven to eight hours…

You can run a marathon, fly over foreign lands, fight to the death with a two-headed dragon … all while you lie peacefully in your bed. This is the beauty of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, where most…

The researchers did not say insomnia causes heart failure, but found an increased risk of heart failure among insomniacs.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/barkbud6 mars 2013

In my clinical work with pregnant and postnatal mums experiencing anxiety and mood disorders, few issues are reported as consistently as sleep deprivation. Parents who spend the first year of their child’s…

Good news for those who like a weekend sleep-in: lost sleep can be recovered.
Image from shutterstock.com8 février 2013

Ever have those moments on weekends or public holidays when you wake at your usual time, then realise there’s no pressing need to get up? If you go back for another couple of hours of shut-eye and use…

The majority of people who have obstructive sleep apnoea are unaware they have the disorder.
Image from shutterstock.com28 novembre 2012

Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a common sleep-related breathing disorder, where the upper airway repeatedly collapses during sleep. During an obstructive breathing event, someone with OSA continues…